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2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

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2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record20–12 (10–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaEdmund P. Joyce Center
Seasons
2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida State 16 4   .800 26 5   .839
No. 16 Virginia 15 5   .750 23 7   .767
No. 14 Louisville 15 5   .750 24 7   .774
No. 11 Duke 15 5   .750 25 6   .806
Georgia Tech* 11 9   .550 17 14   .548
NC State 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 10 10   .500 18 14   .563
Notre Dame 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Clemson 9 11   .450 16 15   .516
Miami (FL) 7 13   .350 15 16   .484
Boston College 7 13   .350 13 18   .419
Virginia Tech 7 13   .350 16 16   .500
Wake Forest 6 14   .300 13 18   .419
Pittsburgh 6 14   .300 16 17   .485
North Carolina 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations.
Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by 20th-year head coach Mike Brey and played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana as seventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 20–12, and 10–10 in ACC play. The team was scheduled to play Virginia in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[2]

Previous season

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The Fighting Irish finished the 2018–19 season 14–19, 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
D. J. Harvey 5 G/F 6'6" 225 Sophomore Bowie, MD Transferred to Vanderbilt
Elijah Burns 12 F 6'8" 237 RS Junior Troy, NY Transferred to Siena
Liam Nelligan 25 G 6'5" 198 RS Senior La Grange Park, IL Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Cormac Ryan 5 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore New York, NY Stanford

2019 recruiting class

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No recruits.

Roster

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2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Rex Pflueger 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) RS Sr Mater Dei Dana Point, CA
G 3 Prentiss Hubb 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Gonzaga Upper Marlboro, MD
G 5 Cormac Ryan Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Milton Academy
Stanford
New York City, NY
G 10 T. J. Gibbs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Seton Hall Prep Scotch Plains, NJ
F 11 Juwan Durham 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 223 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Tampa Prep
Connecticut
Tampa, FL
G 13 Nikola Djogo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Athlete Institute Prep Hamilton, Ontario
F 14 Nate Laszewski 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Northfield Mount Hermon Jupiter, FL
F 15 Chris Doherty 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Marlborough Marlborough, MA
G 23 Dane Goodwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Upper Arlington Upper Arlington, OH
G 24 Robby Carmody 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) So Mars Area Mars, PA
G 31 Elijah Morgan (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Jesuit High School New Orleans, LA
F 33 John Mooney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Lake Brantley Orlando, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source:[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Capital W 72–43 
 12  Tied   11  Mooney   6  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,040)
South Bend, IN
November 1, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Bellarmine W 61–51 
 18  Hubb   13  Durham   8  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,235)
South Bend, IN
Regular season
November 6, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 9 North Carolina L 65–76  0–1
(0–1)
 22  Hubb   8  Mooney   6  Hubb  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 9, 2019*
12:00 pm, ACCNX
Robert Morris
Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational
W 92–57  1–1
 18  Goodwin   10  Mooney   5  Gibbs  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,422)
South Bend, IN
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Howard
Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational
W 79–50  2–1
 18  Mooney   16  Mooney   5  Mooney  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,190)
South Bend, IN
November 15, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Marshall
Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational
W 74–64  3–1
 28  Mooney   16  Mooney   4  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,831)
South Bend, IN
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Presbyterian W 63–53  4–1
 13  Pflueger   15  Durham   6  Pflueger  Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,752)
South Bend, IN
November 21, 2019*
8:30 pm, ACCN
Toledo
Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational
W 64–62 OT 5–1
 16  Goodwin   15  Mooney   5  Pflueger  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,555)
South Bend, IN
November 26, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCRSN
Fairleigh Dickinson W 91–66  6–1
 16  Laszewski   13  Mooney   5  Pflueger  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,166)
South Bend, IN
December 4, 2019*
7:30 pm, ESPN
at No. 3 Maryland
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 51–72  6–2
 17  Mooney   12  Mooney   3  Hubb  Xfinity Center (15,529)
College Park, MD
December 7, 2019
2:00 p.m., ESPNU
Boston College L 72–73  6–3
(0–2)
 22  Gibbs   18  Mooney   6  Gibbs  Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,117)
South Bend, IN
December 10, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN
Detroit Mercy W 110–71  7–3
 27  Goodwin   11  Mooney   11  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,441)
South Bend, IN
December 14, 2019*
3:00 pm, ABC
UCLA
Rivalry
W 75–61  8–3
 20  Hubb   15  Mooney   6  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,083)
South Bend, IN
December 21, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPN
vs. Indiana
Crossroads Classic
L 60–62  8–4
 15  Tied   10  Tied   6  Pflueger  Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,538)
Indianapolis, IN
December 29, 2019*
12:00 pm, ACCNX
Alabama A&M W 82–56  9–4
 17  Gibbs   18  Mooney   7  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,181)
South Bend, IN
January 4, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPN2
at Syracuse W 88–87  10–4
(1–2)
 28  Mooney   14  Mooney   9  Hubb  Carrier Dome (19,821)
Syracuse, NY
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2
at NC State L 68–73  10–5
(1–3)
 24  Hubb   14  Mooney   6  Gibbs  PNC Arena (16,825)
Raleigh, NC
January 11, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN
No. 13 Louisville L 64–67  10–6
(1–4)
 15  Mooney   19  Mooney   8  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,404)
South Bend, IN
January 15, 2020
8:30 pm, ACCN
at Georgia Tech W 78–74  11–6
(2–4)
 25  Hubb   13  Mooney   3  Tied  McCamish Pavilion (5,899)
Atlanta, GA
January 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2
Syracuse L 82–84  11–7
(2–5)
 21  Mooney   13  Mooney   6  Tied  Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,492)
South Bend, IN
January 25, 2020
8:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 5 Florida State L 84–85  11–8
(2–6)
 24  Hubb   9  Durham   4  Tied  Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500)
Tallahassee, FL
January 29, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
Wake Forest W 90–80  12–8
(3–6)
 23  Gibbs   13  Mooney   4  Tied  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,402)
South Bend, IN
February 1, 2020
12:00 pm, ACCRSN
Georgia Tech W 80–72  13–8
(4–6)
 28  Mooney   10  Mooney   5  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,240)
South Bend, IN
February 5, 2020
6:30 pm, ACCN
Pittsburgh W 80–72  14–8
(5–6)
 21  Gibbs   10  Mooney   7  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,534)
South Bend, IN
February 9, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
at Clemson W 61–57  15–8
(6–6)
 18  Pflueger   11  Mooney   3  3 tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (7,472)
Clemson, SC
February 11, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN2
at Virginia L 49–50 OT 15–9
(6–7)
 12  Hubb   14  Mooney   5  Pflueger  John Paul Jones Arena (13,696)
Charlottesville, VA
February 15, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 7 Duke L 60–94  15–10
(6–8)
 12  Durham   9  Mooney   6  Gibbs  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
February 17, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN
North Carolina W 77–76  16–10
(7–8)
 20  Hubb   10  Mooney   8  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,150)
South Bend, IN
February 23, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
Miami (FL) W 87–71  17–10
(8–8)
 19  Tied   12  Mooney   10  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,351)
South Bend, IN
February 26, 2020
9:00 pm, ACCN
at Boston College W 62–61  18–10
(9–8)
 22  Mooney   12  Mooney   4  Hubb  Conte Forum (5,101)
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 29, 2020
4:00 pm, ACCRSN
at Wake Forest L 73–84  18–11
(9–9)
 24  Mooney   17  Mooney   4  Hubb  LJVM Coliseum (8,870)
Winston-Salem, NC
March 4, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 Florida State L 71–73  18–12
(9–10)
 24  Hubb   11  Mooney   6  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,165)
South Bend, IN
March 7, 2020
2:00 pm, ACCN
Virginia Tech W 64–56  19–12
(10–10)
 22  Gibbs   13  Mooney   6  Hubb  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,301)
South Bend, IN
ACC tournament
March 11, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2
(7) vs. (10) Boston College
Second round
W 80–58  20–12
 16  Gibbs   11  Mooney   9  Hubb  Greensboro Coliseum (20,809)
Greensboro, NC
March 12, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN
(7) vs. (2) No. 17 Virginia
Quarterfinals
ACC Tournament Canceled[4] Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRVNot released
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

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  1. ^ "Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Statement from ACC on men's basketball tournament". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.